Today is the day, a week early, but here none the less. We are 97% packed and ready for the truck. I have been sneezing and snotty since yesterday. I am ready to be done with this. Off to grab some lunch for the family and then get the truck. The Kiddos are excited and starving so they mae for crazy running around the house like wild heathens. Must feed them to mke for a peaceful house again.

List Updated 05/30/2008
Ok My list of things has grown and shrunk in a few days. The house is almost packed and we have keys to our new home. We moved our moving date up to this weekend and that is driving me insane. Hubby is on Staff Duty til he deploys and we are not to sure how this is going to work. I am doing ok and so are the Kiddos.

My new To Do List is now this:
1. Write to do list
2.Make appointment for Pooch (of course the clinic was closed for inventory and nt answering phones)
3.Change address with finance companies and cell phone.
4.Make appointment w/cable company (this is a must if I want a phone and my shows back)
5.Finish move in checklist (many things already listed that I do not want to be charged for on move out)
6.Turn off utilities
7.Registar my truck (will do this on Monday or Tues
8.Get UHaul (they did not change our reservation so now it is a waiting game)
9.Load truck (see #8)
10.Drive to Hood (see #8)
11.Unload truck (see #8)
12.Return truck (see #8)

All of this has to be done by Monday. I think I might cry if I think about it to much. I will be offline for a few days. I will see ya when I get to Hood.

Well I have yet to make it to the gym because Hubby was doing a chore and the gym daycare was closed. So I packed the rest of the dining room and the living room. I am purging alot of stuff. It is either going to Craigslist, FreeCycle or the garbage. It is refreshing to get rid of stuff.

I am taking a break from packing for the weekend. Monday Hubby and I will tackle our room and get that out of the way. I have a baby shower and leadership meeting tomorrow and Sunday is church and game evening with some friends.

Laundry is still not done and I am only halfway through it. It seems that no matter how quickly I do it it seems to pile up just as fast. It makes me want to stick to one or two loads a day. I am beginning to hate laundry and housework. The packing sucks and it is slowly getting done.

Hubby and I watched something on HBO the other night that got us to talking till about two in the morning. It was about Soldiers and Marines coming home and losing parts of their bodies or TBIs. They talked about the stress of finding a new life. It was really good and it gave Hubby and I to have The Talk without drawing it out or me breaking down in tears. What it comes down to for us is that we accept the other no matter how we come home or what happens. I knew it and Hubby knew it, just putting the words out there verbally was reassuring.

I have such and awesome man. He has rocked my world and shows me in little ways how much he loves me. I hope he knows how much he means to me. I am sure he does. It is just really nice to know I rock his world like he does me.

I am off to the gym and then home to pack my living room. YUCK!!!

Updated To Do List:
1.Write To Do List
2.Work out
3. Laundry (like it will ever end)
4. Clean off back porch
5. Sort totes that we have not looked at in 3 years (Allergies galore is coming)

This is from yesterday. I am getting ready to go to the gym and bust my but in a class and miss Pilatitets this week. It ends to close to the start time of Bible Study tonight and I do not want to go there stinky. Hubby is on permissive TDY for a few days so we are going to tackle one room a day. Come next Wensday we will have the whole entire house packed. I hope we do not kill each other in the mean time. Because of this change is my schedule I will be heading to the gym in the late afternoon or early evenings. I hope the change does not kill me and this heat will not be my end. We shall see.

Kiddos are still processing the fact Hubby is deploying soon and not talking about it. I think they are to nervous about the move and a new neighborhood. Anyway I will write more tomorrow and hopefully be in a good mod or not dead or close to death from heat and humdity.

To DoList
1.Write To Do List
2.Work out
3. Laundry (like it will ever end)
4. Clean off back porch
5. Sort totes that we have not looked at in 3 years (Allergies galore is coming)

Hubby goes on Permissive TDY tomorrow for a few days. We are supposed to have the whole house packed in that time. We will make it happen as long as no one wants him to come work on their car or detail a vechile. I plan on still going to the gym daily and sweating my butt off. Maybe I will get out of this funk of not losing weight and lose some major pounds.

My boys are walking around with underwear on their head. I am so not looking forward to living with SNCOs. I can see one of my boys outside at the fence peeing and talking to the Command Sgt Major, at the same time. I wonder if I will die of embrassment caused by the 3 and 4 year old. Only my boys.

We told the Kiddos we are facing a deployment. They took it well. They got very quiet for a few minutes and are now eating blackberry cobbler and acting as if nothing is wrong. We told them some of the good things that will happen when Daddy deploys and they seemed ok with it. I hope and pray they stay this way. I am just glad we got it out of the way and no tears were shed. I am off to bed. I did the yard work today and made a yummy dinner after doing some errands with Sweetnes. It wiped me out.

List of things to do in 3 WEEKS:
1. Write a list
2. Declutter a house of 7 people
3. Pack a house of 7 people
4. Set up phone and cable installation
5. Enroll Kiddos and myself in school
6. Enroll Kiddos in CYS main office
7. Take class for OTC Drug card
8. Get Pooch to Vet for shots and to registar her on post
9. Change Address with finance companies and cell phone
10. Keep my sanity (This one might be hard.)
11. Be glad I do not have to do this alone
12. Be grateful for a Hubby who wants to take care of us and make sure we are well taken care of while he is gone
13. Prepare for a long deployemnt we did not see coming once again

If I think of more I will add it. Right now I will watch some comdey and think no more of what needs to be done. Tomorrow is a new day and will be brighter.
Good Night

I missed the gym on Friday becasue Hubby and Baby were sick. I stayed home to take care of them and to try and nap. Baby was up at 2:45 am throwing up dinner and then dry heaving. I got Hubby up and asked him to go get us some ginger ale hoping to settle Baby's stomache down. Well, as Hubby was ready to leave he started with it and was in bed or the bathroom all day.

On Sat I did run/walk for 20 minutes and felt like death witht he 98% humdity at 5 am. Then we went to the Farmers Market and flea market for veggies and fruit. It was just Hubby and I. It was so nice to go and have a chat without being interupted every 5 seconds. We had a graduation party to attend that eveing and paid Sweetness to watch the Boys while Big Man did sound at a wedding. Both of them made money and are very happy.

Sun dawned a beautiful day and Hubby and some other men made breakfast at church for all the moms. It was yummy but it was my turn to be sick. It stuck with me for Sunday and Monday. This Mother's Day was worse than when Hubby was in Iraq last year or Afgainastain the one before. I wished I could of enjoyed the yummy Bar B Cue he cooked up for me, at my request. And then did not leave even half a rib for me. :(

Anyway everyone is well and back on a routine today. I went to the gym and had a blast in Body Pump. I love that class. I then was able to do only aout 15 minutes of cardio. I felt like death and did not want to do to much more than I did since I am not a 100% yet. I did hop on a scale and saw I lost 2 more pounds. I am down to 211 now. I am so happy. Anyway I am off to shower and do laundry. It is the only thing I can do since it is supposed to storm again and Hubby is on his way home from his first day of in processing.

I am done with finals. 1 A and 2 Bs. I can deal with that. As far as the weight loss goes I am not sure. I had a sick baby and Hubby this morning at about 2 am. I am xhuasted. I will be off and running in the am before I go to the Farmer's MArket. I am so excited that it is open again. We love fresh fruits and veggies. I am craving salads and smoothies and the store bought stuff is so expensive.

I will be running the Army 10Miler next year. I am not sure where we will be but a fund will be opened up for it and I will be there. I am so excited to finally set a goal and know I can make it. We shall see how the training goes. I do not know of anyone else in my area who ants to do it so I am just going to bust my own butt and move forward.

I am sitting in a sandwich shop because I needed to finish my final essay for this semseter. I am so glad it is over. I had to leave the house because the Baby is sick and everyone else wants me. I had to finish this now so I would not sound stupid and make a decent grade. I need a B+ on this essay to achieve a B in the class. At this point I am just glad to be done and know I have a few weeks of a break before we have to kick it back into high gear for the move and getting settled.

Hubby checks in in a few days and I am glad. He needs to work and I need my routine back. I have learned that working out in the am is best for me and I can accomplish everything on my To Do List dailey. Not so much with Hubby around. He wants to jsut sit and cuddle (really I am ok with that, just not all day everyday), go window shopping, look at trucks (we got one) and just be. I think he is beginning to miss work. He is working on ther people's cars and trying to stay busy.

Anyway more later. I am going home to a hot tub and a good sleep. FINALS are DONE!!!!!! WOOOHOOO!!!!!!! Life can contiue on its regular schedule.

Ok I skipped the gym today because I had a huge research essay due today and some other assigments due. This is the end of the semester and I was not completly caught up so I have been playing catch up this week. I did make bothds class this week. I was able t the Pililates and Spin on Sterioo hang through both hours and I felt the workout and I am still feeling it. SOmething I am doing is causing my butt to lift back into place and make the boobs smaller and I am really enjoing that. :) Even missing the workout and stress eating over finals and end of semester I have lost two pounds this week. I am loving my gym and enoy the workouts I am doing now.

O must go and clean up a bleach mess. Hopefully the boys did not get any on the colored clothes. Boy o boy!!!